dracontiasisn.
/drakɒnˈtʌɪəsɪs/ Pathology.
The condition of having a Guinea worm or its larvae inside the body. Also called dracunculiasis n., dracunculosis n.
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dracontiasis1885
opisthorchiasis1907
leishmaniosis1911
onchocerciasis1911
leishmaniasis1912
dracunculosis1914
lambliasis1916
giardiasis1919
acarine1924
toxoplasmosis1934
dracunculiasis1942
anisakiasis1962
cryptosporidiosis1971
1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 271/1 The condition of dracontiasis..is a very common one, and sometimes amounts to an epidemic.
1914 Jrnl. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 17 337/1 (heading) Dracontiasis or dracunculosis: a review.
1946 Nature 5 Oct. 487/2 There are also [prevalent in West Africa] filariasis, dracontiasis and schistosomiasis.
1997 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 77 4 Between 1860 and 1890, the Bahian Tropicalista School of medicine..contributed to ongoing debates in parasitology as well as in beriberi, tuberculosis, leprosy, dracontiasis, and maculo.
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